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    [project @ 2000-06-22 14:45:41 by simonpj] · 5f352824
    Simon Peyton Jones authored
    *** NO NEED TO MERGE WITH 4.07 ***
        (but it would do no harm)
    
    * Improve an error message when overlapping instance
      declarations are present.  Carl Witty reported this
      infelicitous message.  The problem arises for this code:
    
    	class Foo a
    	class (Foo a) => Bar a
    	
    	data Dat a = Dat
    	
    	instance Foo (Dat a)
    	instance Foo (Dat Integer)
    	
    	instance Bar (Dat a)
    
      The instance decl for Bar should say
    
    	instance Foo (Dat a) => Bar (Dat a) 
    
      because the overlapping instance decls for Foo can't
      be resolved (or at least might vary depending on how
      a is instantiated).
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